It felt so good to be close to the witch!

As the smoke and dust cleared, a huge, fleshy heart covered in cracks appeared before everyone's eyes.

However, despite being struck by the demigod's furious attack from the border duke, this enormous flesh and blood heart only suffered a superficial crack, remaining largely intact.

"Be careful, the casing of this thing is very strange."

The border duke's voice had just rang out when a loud "thump-thump" sound echoed in everyone's minds.

Along with the sound, a massive, fleshy heart with a shattered surface exploded violently.

Within a radius of 100 meters centered on the enormous fleshy heart, a light rain of blood fell from the sky, gathering on the ground to form a deep, dark red lake of blood.

A figure stood quietly on the surface of the blood lake.

His hair was covered in blood, his skin was firm and smooth, and he was full of vitality. Only his vital parts were wrapped in rags. He tilted his head back slightly and opened his arms as if embracing his new life.

"You're too late."

"I have completed the divinely ordained evolution..."

"Breton Soros, I failed to kill you in the last battle, so let me, now reborn, put a perfect end to it."

The blood-haired figure lowered his head stiffly and eerily, his crimson eyes, filled with black lines, meeting the eyes of the border duke.

"It's you?!"

"Chief of Divine Punishment, Eternal Wind Knight Oxus?" The Border Duke's eyes widened in shock and disbelief.

The Chief of Divine Punishment, whom I remembered as being old and frail, now appeared to be a young man in his twenties, brimming with vitality.

"Using the power of pollution to restore the body's youth?" Finage, who was standing to the side, saw through the deception and said coldly, "God-given evolution, is that all?"

"Hehe..." Chief of Divine Punishment chuckled: "How could you lowly mortals possibly understand the greatness of the gods?"

"Eternal Wind Knight Oxius?"

"In comparison, I prefer you to call me by my new name: Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood."

"Let your blood bloom to celebrate my birth!"

As the words fell, crimson light radiated wildly outwards from the Chief of Divine Punishment—no, it should be called the Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood—and in an instant, the entire underground space turned into a sea of ​​crimson blood.

Chapter 207 Blood Sin and Resurrection

The deep, murky red blood flowed through every corner of the underground space.

The Border Duke and Finage simultaneously created their domains, one crimson gold and the other emerald green, protecting Roy, Shanika, Latie, and the deceased Mayna within.

Where the two areas met, a constant hissing sound rang out, accompanied by thick white smoke, as if it were corroding with concentrated sulfuric acid.

"Can we teleport?" Finage asked Latie quickly.

Now that Mayina has been rescued, the most important thing is to quickly return her for further treatment.

Lati shook her head with a grim expression: "No, this blood-red substance is extremely strange. Its presence seriously interferes with space. It would be too dangerous to teleport under such circumstances."

“In that case, I’ll handle it. Lady Finage, you stay and protect them.”

As he spoke, the border duke walked step by step toward the flesh-and-blood grand duke in the distance.

Finage didn't speak, she just nodded slightly.

"Is Your Grace alright by yourself?" Roy asked with some concern.

The predecessor of the Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood was the Chief of Divine Punishment—Eternal Wind Knight Oxus, whose strength had reached the level of a demigod. Now, after some unknown ritual, he has evolved into a strange individual who calls himself the "Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood." No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like something that a normal demigod could handle.

Facing Roy's question, Finage kept her eyes fixed on the approaching Border Duke and Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood, and said without turning her head, "Don't worry, although I don't like Breton, I have to admit that he is very strong."

"Even now, after removing the pollution and evolving my talents, I am not absolutely certain that I can defeat him."

"Just you wait and see..."

Upon hearing this, Roy also focused his attention on the battlefield.

To be honest, he had always known that the Border Duke was very strong, but in reality, he had never seen the Border Duke go all out.

Therefore, his assessment of the border duke's strength has always been somewhat vague.

Now is a good opportunity to observe and learn, and at such close range, if anything unexpected happens, Finaigi and he can provide support in time.

Now that Roy has entered the "Destruction State," he is undoubtedly a demigod in terms of combat power. Although he is only at the initial stage, he is still at the same level. In a three-on-one fight, unless the Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood has truly stepped into the realm of gods, he will never be their match.

“Bretton Soros, you’re still as arrogant as ever…”

Watching the border duke approach step by step, the fleshy duke chuckled. It raised its hand and licked its finger with its thin, slightly forked, blood-red tongue, a savage glint in its crimson pupils.

Thick, fresh blood gushed from its body, forming a layer of sturdy, dark red scales on its bare skin. In the blink of an eye, the Blood and Flesh Grand Duke transformed from a "human" into a monster with a single horn on its head, a barbed tail, and pale, sharp claws on its hands and feet.

As the Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood transformed, the dark red blood that enveloped the underground space began to churn violently. Then, Roy, who was under the protection of Finaigi's domain, saw a blood-red giant python, hundreds of meters long, burst out from the blood lake beneath the Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood's feet.

Its head was covered with tumor-like growths that formed a crown-like shape. It coiled behind the fleshy duke, its cold, cruel, vertical snake eyes staring at the approaching border duke, and it let out a terrifying hiss.

The intense sound waves spread out in layers, causing the blood lake to churn even more violently. In the shadows, an even larger and more terrifying monster was approaching from the depths of the blood lake.

"A demigod monster..."

The voice from Finage told Roy the strength of the hundred-meter-long blood python summoned by the Grand Duke of Flesh and Blood.

“One against two.” Roy narrowed his eyes, choosing not to make a move.

Since the border duke has not requested reinforcements, it means that the current situation is still under his control.

Now, let's see how the Border Duke performs.

Looking up slightly at the hundred-meter-long blood python coiled around its head, and the flesh-and-blood duke standing atop the python's crown, the border duke remained silent. His steps grew faster and faster until they formed a straight, upward-sloping crimson-gold line as he charged toward the flesh-and-blood duke.

"Smash it..."

The Blood and Flesh Grand Duke grinned savagely, his left hand, now transformed into sharp claws, with his index and middle fingers joined together, pointing at the approaching Border Duke.

In the next instant, the shape of the hundred-meter-long python beneath its feet became momentarily blurred.

A gigantic, blood-red serpent tail lashed out at the border duke, causing layers of air to explode and space to shatter and heal, forming a terrifying fan-shaped black zone.

With such terrifying power, even a small mountain would likely be smashed to dust in an instant.

But faced with such an attack, the Border Duke's only response was a very simple and ordinary straight punch—clenching his fist and thrusting it straight out.

The next instant, the fist collided violently with the giant tail of the blood python that was being swung out.

The earth-shattering collision that I had imagined did not occur. The moment the two touched, the seemingly sturdy giant python's blood scales shattered into pieces, exploding into a blood-red rain in mid-air.

The hundred-meter-long blood python let out a shrill cry, and a large section of its tail turned into a cloud of blood in the collision.

Upon seeing this scene, the fleshy lord standing atop the blood python's head looked extremely grim. But in the next instant, its pupils contracted, for a burly, tall figure had already passed through the blood mist and arrived before it.

A regular straight punch, as always, came straight at it.

"Insanity!"

The Blood and Flesh Grand Duke snorted coldly, and with a slight clench of its claws hanging at its sides, hundreds or even thousands of dark red blood lines gathered in front of it, weaving into a spider web.

The fist struck the net, creating violent ripples. The unique structure of the blood net caused the force to be rapidly broken down in the ripples.

The fleshy duke's mouth, full of sharp teeth, opened, and without any sign of gathering power, a dark red beam of energy shot out, accurately striking the border duke's left chest.

"Sizzle—!"

A violent scraping sound rang out, and the extremely high-quality armor worn by the border duke was melted away, leaving a large hole.

At that moment, a blazing crimson-gold fireball surged from the Border Duke's fist, and with a "whoosh," the blood net burst into flames.

The scorching heat caused the flesh-and-blood Grand Duke, who felt a deadly threat, to retreat dozens of meters in fear, putting distance between himself and the border duke.

The hundred-meter-long blood python, which had previously suffered a severe tail injury, had now fully recovered under the nourishment of the blood lake. It used its head to support the fleshy duke, constantly flicking its tongue, reflecting the fear in the border duke's vertical snake eyes.

"How could you possibly be so strong?"

"Could it be that you didn't give it your all in the battle in the capital?!"

Looking at the chest beneath the hollowed-out armor, where only the surface skin was slightly blackened and there was no sign of it being pierced, the Blood and Flesh Grand Duke's voice was filled with intense shock.

The border duke had no intention of explaining things to the enemy during the battle; his gaze shifted downwards to his own fist.

Intense white light continuously surged from his body, combining with battle qi and the power of rules, granting him an indestructible physique.

—【Legendary Feats - Damage Reduction】: Any damage dealt to you (physical, energy, soul, etc.) below the Legendary level will be forcibly negated; damage exceeding the Legendary level will be reduced by 50%. (This feat requires a rank check; if the check fails, you will receive the full damage.)

After such a long period of training, the Border Duke has mastered all the fourth-tier legendary feats of the Warrior class.

With a single step, leaving a trail of black cracks in mid-air, the Border Duke's figure instantly appeared before the Flesh and Blood Grand Duke, his fist, wreathed in blazing crimson flames, crashing down.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

In less than a breath, the Border Duke had already unleashed four punches. Under the terrifying force, the hundred-meter-long flesh beneath the feet of the Flesh and Blood Grand Duke was shattered into pieces, falling into the Blood Lake.

Meanwhile, the flesh-and-blood Grand Duke, the primary target of the attack, crossed his claws above his head, blocking the Border Duke's four consecutive furious punches.

As a result, the blood-red scales on its claws and arms cracked from the indescribable tremors.

"Is that...possible?!"

What was even harder for the flesh-and-blood Grand Duke to accept than his injury was the strength of the border duke.

Such power is almost on par with His Holiness the Pope!

Having paid a huge price and abandoned its human body, what is the point of doing this?

A profound sense of bewilderment arose in the heart of the flesh-and-blood duke.

The next moment, the border duke, whose eyes had remained cold and indifferent throughout, unleashed his sixth punch since the start of the battle.

—【Legendary Fetish: Thunderfury】: Each of your attacks applies a shockwave damage bonus equal to 30% of the previous attack's power to your next attack. This effect stacks up to 6 times, and after the 6th stack, it maintains a maximum shockwave damage bonus of 180%. The effect resets one minute out of combat. (This fetish has extremely high weapon requirements; prolonged use will cause significant weapon wear.)

Using his fists as weapons, this sixth punch, in addition to the Border Duke's own power, also adds an extra 180% shock damage.

The moment the fist landed, space itself shattered.

Large swaths of translucent spatial fragments scattered and flew about, revealing the dark and deep spatial turbulence behind them.

Faced with the Border Duke's punch, the Flesh and Blood Grand Duke, sensing a deadly crisis, let out a sharp roar. Countless pieces of flesh emerged abnormally from its body, piling up and combining to form a monstrous figure covered in tumors, giving people a strong sense of visual discomfort.

These forms are no longer human; they resemble monstrous creatures crawling out of the abyss.

The fist fell seemingly slowly but actually swiftly, and no matter how furious the Blood and Flesh Duke roared, it still resolutely crushed his body.

"Boom!"